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Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks after Japan intervened in the currency market for the first time in six years to weaken the yen, at his ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. The U.S. dollar bounced up to 84.52 yen from a low of 82.87 yen earlier after Japan's central bank stepped into the market to sell yen and buy dollars. "We have conducted an intervention in order to suppress excessive fluctuations in the currency market," said Noda. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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